I've decided to write an aphorism each day for the next 100 days. This is an attempt to get my creative juices flowing. I don't know what the topics will be. There is no plan other than to capture 100 thoughts that seem interesting to me. Some of my thoughts will be upbeat. Some will be provocative. Some, like today's, are ideas that I repeatedly tell myself.

Without further ado, here is Daily Aphorism #1:

If you are one of the lucky people, on the day you were born you were given about 1,000 months to live (about 78 years). You’ll be sleeping for 300 of those months. For 250 of those months, you won’t yet be an adult. You just clicked off one of your precious months. What did you accomplish last month? The sun is your daily clock and it only takes a few moments to rise and set. What did you accomplish yesterday? Are you going to let tomorrow slip through your fingers or are you going to mindfully create quality experiences, quality memories? How often do you remind yourself that if you squander this life, you don’t get a re-do?

When you read the above paragraph, does it seem like a threat or an opportunity? Do you take it as a paralyzing death sentence or an invigorating challenge? Your answer will tell you something critically important about yourself. "The trouble is, you think you have time."